gizzy

i need help herei just boght canon rebel t3i and need to know what is the best lensfor jewelery shots with great detailsim looking foward for answers so i can finally buy the lensas i been in the look for over 3 month but in the stores they just want to sell a lens

gizzy

I actually spent a lot of time shotting jeweleryi need something that doesnt require changing pieces something comfortable but at the same time that my pictures have good qualityMy job requires me to take shoots of 50k & up Watches like Audemars Piguetand of course i have to make sure pictures are excellent for a high end item like thatSame thing with jewelery Gucci cartier pieces requires good quality pictures to sell.Thanks so much for your help Even im not 100% sure wich one i get i guess i can buy 2 or 3 recommendations and tryand then re-sell which ever dont work for me i guess

I actually spent a lot of time shotting jeweleryi need something that doesnt require changing pieces something comfortable but at the same time that my pictures have good qualityMy job requires me to take shoots of 50k & up Watches like Audemars Piguetand of course i have to make sure pictures are excellent for a high end item like thatSame thing with jewelery Gucci cartier pieces requires good quality pictures to sell.Thanks so much for your help Even im not 100% sure wich one i get i guess i can buy 2 or 3 recommendations and tryand then re-sell which ever dont work for me i guess

I think any macro lens will work just fine. I vote for a 100mm. I have a 100 tokina and it rocks. Just take your pick! Almost all real macros go to 1:1 so they will all give you just about the same exact photo for what you are shooting. Except for a tilt shift, they are awesome and useful.

How about on the next shoot, you "accidentally" let one of those pieces of jewellery fall in your pocket, then after a quick trip to the Cash Converters you can buy all the gear you want

Or for a more legal suggestion, try getting a Zeiss MC Biometar 80/2.8 for Pentacon Six mount ($100) and a P6-EF Tilt Adapter ($100), and a set of Kenko Extension Tubes ($100), you can do all that you can with the TS-E 90 and spend the extra cash that you save on lighting, strobes, backdrops, etc, like others have said, that's more important than the lens in a lot of cases.(or the MC Biometar 120mm f/2.8 is sharper, but rarer, 80mm are easy to come by)

Make sure you think about your working distance when choosing how long or short the lens shoud be.No good getting a 100mm macro lens, if you only have a small studio and you have to take shots of groups of jewellery together.

With a shorter lens you can always come closer, but with a long lens and a small studio, it can be hard to go back far enough to get everything in.